revert
verb (used without object)
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc..
reverted
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past participleof revert.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof revert.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
revertverb (used without object)to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc..
Example Sentences
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“He reverted back to his former self, and his old ways,” Trump wrote.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Trump additionally reverted the name of Denali, North America's highest peak, to its former moniker Mt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He said, due to the former presence of greenhouses on the land, which then were destroyed and buried under a layer of top soil, it was reverted to agricultural designation.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The U.K. government said that if the grant was reverted to the original 12% it would fall “significantly lower than the Household’s needs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He reverted to all fours and bounded across the room, dodging the flames, yipping as a hungry blaze singed his beautiful snow-sky tail.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
